With a goal save from Ramiro Carrera, Lanus was saved from defeat This Wednesday and they left in the semifinal of the Copa Sudamericana after that 1-1 against Cruzeiro in the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte “in smoke” due to repeated lighting of fire on the stairs.
The game was delayed for fifteen minutes due to smoke produced by flares, which also caused the game to be stopped for several minutes at the start of the second half. The Brazilian team took the lead in the 50th minute through Kaio Jorge after a bad save by Nahuel Losada, but the Argentine team came back with a header from Carrera to leave everything at the same level in the 73rd minute. Cruzeiro have not been swayed by the influx of fans and are still unbeaten under the command of former Brazilian coach Fernando Diniz after a month.
It started very warm for the semifinal of the Conmebol silver tournament. The magicians did not appear. Even Gabriel Veron, or Matheus Henrique, or Matheus Pereira, is a stranger to the final call-up to the Brazilian senior team. The absence of explosive Argentine striker Lautaro Díaz was also noted. Lanús always settled for a draw, knowing the tie would be decided at home. The contestant didn’t want to either.
And that’s it the goalkeeper did not appear in the first half. Both teams fired long shots from outside the area to try to get ahead on the scoreboard. The closest to scoring was Matheus Henrique, but his shot missed the post. Marcelino Moreno and Walter Bou tried their luck at Lanús, whose line and VAR disallowed a beautiful goal for millimeters offside in the next shot.
In the second half the goals came. One for each team and they came from divisions. The first to hit was Cruzeiro. Matheus Pereira took the ball from the left wing and Mateus Vital, who had just entered the field, caught the defender and fired a powerful shot. Losada did not save the ball Kaio Jorge, the smartest in the class, took advantage of the gift to fulfill his wishes. The third target is the former Juventus player in this South American.
The players cheered again and rekindled the fire that forced a break in the game at Cruzeiro’s best moment. Instead of helping his team, he ended up opposing him. After the restart, Lanús secured a tie a corner that Marcelino Moreno put on Carrera’s head.
There was a pyrrhic final run for Cruzeiro connected from start to finish. A perfect draw for Ricardo Zielinski’s team, which is absent and no one has managed to leave Brazil.
